Ohh, so she was really going to get that poodle?! "Cool!" she said, as she watched the professor twist the balloon this way and that. She was really starting to anticipate what her new poodle would look like, when...

BAM!

Sophie jumped back and stared wide-eyed at the balloon mess. Glancing back up at the professor, she said, "I think the poodle died..." Surely he could tell that. He was wearing pieces of it, after all.

Anyway...

Apparently, they were meant to start jogging. Between this and the yoga they sometimes did in Defense class, they should be in shape now, despite the Quidditch lull. Sophie stood up but didn't start moving right away. She didn't want to be the first to try it. There was a question, though, so...

"WEATHER!" she shouted. Well, he had said to shout. Hopefully she was right and hadn't just yelled out the wrong answer...